What's inside
For: Teams evaluating Make in the next 90 days, and the person who has to get the purchase signed off.
The verdict & our Toolkit Score
Our 8-axis score with the reasoning on every axis, and where Make sits in the market.
Real cost at 3, 10 & 30 seats
The credit model decoded, the traps that inflate bills, 12-month TCO, and a worksheet to estimate your own.
Workflows that pay + build-ready blueprints
The highest-ROI automations by department — with module-by-module recipes you can rebuild in an afternoon.
How Make compares
Make vs Zapier vs n8n on cost, power and AI — and why Make wins its sweet spot.
The AI layer, decoded
Agents, model provenance, and exactly where the credit surprises hide.
Migration runbook
A step-by-step move from your current tool, with the gotchas and a rollback plan.
Risk, security & fine print
Compliance posture, the SLA reality, and the terms that matter.
Buying Make well
The right tier, a copy-paste vendor-question script, and the terms worth asking for.
What you'll walk away with
- ✓Your 12-month cost, modelled at 3, 10 & 30 seats — plus a worksheet to estimate your exact bill
- ✓Copy-paste blueprints for the highest-ROI workflows (module by module)
- ✓The credit-cost traps that quietly inflate bills — and how to design around them
- ✓A step-by-step migration runbook (from Zapier or n8n) with a rollback plan
- ✓The exact questions to put to the vendor before you sign
- ✓The contract terms worth asking for — price-lock, overage buffer, clean exit
- ✓The full 8-axis scorecard with our reasoning, in one portable PDF for your buying committee
One PDF, sent to your inbox. No account, no card.
Built from the same data behind our reviews — organized for a decision.